Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techexternal-linkmessage-square450fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square450fedilink
minus-squaregrooving@lemmy.studiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe only thing turning. To waste is the motherboard right? It sucks, but throw out a whole computer because of a motherboard is a wacky move.
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoWell if you have to throw out the motherboard, there’s a high chance you have to replace the cpu too.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMight also be ram compatibility problems
minus-squareElvith Ma'for@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe problem is more the CPU than the motherboard. But upgrading the CPU might also mean upgrading the motherboard and maybe RAM.
minus-squareSmc87@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe only thing turning to waste is the OS. You can still use anything else fine.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s assuming the user knows that and didn’t just buy a prebuilt tower from Costco, and that it isn’t a laptop or something where changing the motherboard is much harder if not impossible.
The only thing turning. To waste is the motherboard right? It sucks, but throw out a whole computer because of a motherboard is a wacky move.
Well if you have to throw out the motherboard, there’s a high chance you have to replace the cpu too.
Might also be ram compatibility problems
The problem is more the CPU than the motherboard. But upgrading the CPU might also mean upgrading the motherboard and maybe RAM.
The only thing turning to waste is the OS. You can still use anything else fine.
That’s assuming the user knows that and didn’t just buy a prebuilt tower from Costco, and that it isn’t a laptop or something where changing the motherboard is much harder if not impossible.